Description
Introduction
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking a Project Associate (Protection) - G5 to work in Faya, Chad. The successful candidate will provide operational support for the implementation of the 'Living Together' project in the northern region of Chad.
Organizational Context and Scope
Under the general supervision of the Protection Officer at IOM Chad and direct supervision of the Senior Protection Assistant (CT), the incumbent will provide operational support for the implementation of the 'Living Together' project. The role contributes to strengthening migration governance and migrant protection to reduce vulnerabilities related to human trafficking, migrant smuggling, and irregular migration along the migration corridors of northern Chad.
Responsibilities
- Develop work plans, schedules, tools, and operational modalities for protection activities within the four provinces of the BEE-T region.
- Support the organization and implementation of community campaigns on safe migration, irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling.
- Contribute to adapting, translating, and disseminating accessible and context-specific awareness-raising materials.
- Plan and execute training sessions for administrative, customary, traditional, and security authorities, as well as concerned focal points, on migrant protection, vulnerability identification, safe referral, and applicable national frameworks.
- Contribute to identifying vulnerable migrants, conducting initial assessments, and confidentially referring them to competent services.
- Maintain and update a mapping of protection services and actors in the covered provinces and facilitate coordination of referrals and counter-referrals with relevant partners.
- Ensure operational liaison with provincial and local authorities, the National Committee to Fight Trafficking in Persons (CNLTP) and its focal points, technical services, civil society organizations, community-based associations, and community leaders.
- Support the functioning of community protection mechanisms, ensuring inclusive participation of women, youth, persons with disabilities, and migrant representatives.
- Contribute to establishing, adapting, and monitoring community feedback mechanisms and complaint management systems.
- Collect, verify, compile, and analyze data on protection activities, respecting personal data protection principles.
- Prepare mission reports, project updates, anonymized case studies, tracking tables, information notes, and contributions to project narrative reports.
- Monitor the quality, participation, results, and implementation challenges of field activities, report deviations to the supervisor, and propose context-adapted measures.
- Participate in relevant coordination meetings and represent the protection unit, upon request.
- Ensure systematic integration of rights-based approaches, gender sensitivity, age sensitivity, and do-no-harm principles.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications and Experience
- A university degree in law, social sciences, development studies, international relations, migration, human rights, or a related field, issued by an accredited academic institution, with at least three years of relevant professional experience; or
- A secondary school diploma with at least five years of relevant professional experience.
Experience
- Experience in liaising with government authorities, technical services, community organizations, UN agencies, and non-governmental organizations.
- Experience in implementing protection activities, assisting migrants, combating human trafficking, and community mobilization.
- Experience in identifying vulnerabilities, referral processes, case follow-up, or service mapping, with respect for confidentiality and protection principles.
- Experience in organizing awareness-raising sessions, trainings, community dialogues, and capacity-building activities.
- Experience working in northern Chad and knowledge of migration, community, and protection dynamics in the BEE-T provinces is advantageous.
- Experience within an international, humanitarian, or development organization in a multicultural environment is beneficial.
Skills
- Good understanding of migrant protection principles, person-centered approaches, and referral mechanisms.
- Knowledge of issues related to irregular migration, human trafficking, migrant smuggling, and migration governance.
- Ability to facilitate exchanges with diverse communities and communicate sensitive themes clearly, respectfully, and contextually.
- Capacity to work in remote areas, plan frequent trips, and manage multiple operational priorities.
- Proficiency in standard office tools and ability to maintain simple and reliable tracking databases.
- Excellent writing, organizational, analytical, and teamwork skills.